作者:黄建雯 金杜律师事务所投资

huang_jianwen由国家食品药品监督管理总局(以下简称为“食药监总局”)起草的《化妆品监督管理条例》(修订草案送审稿)(以下简称为“送审稿”)于2015年7月20日起公开向社会征求意见,为期一个月。与现行《化妆品卫生监督条例》(以下简称为“现行条例”)相比,送审稿篇幅大幅扩充,从六章35条3000余字增加至七章79条13000余字。

现行条例于1989年发布,1990年实施。然而现行条例注重事前审批和政府监管,并未充分发挥市场机制作用,且在监管手段上相对匮乏,对违法行为的打击力度不够。此外,国务院进行机构调整后,食品药品监督管理部门已经取代了卫生行政部门对化妆品质量和卫生进行统一监管,与现行条例规定不一致。基于上述几点,食药监总局起草了送审稿,以期建立科学、高效的化妆品监督管理体系。其主要亮点包括: Continue Reading 《化妆品监督管理条例》(修订草案送审稿)

作者:丁宪杰 金杜律师事务所知识产权

untitled 01无形资产是一个经营实体所拥有资产的重要组成部分,虽属非物质实体,但对其经营起着增加区别性、提高竞争优势的作用,其组成包括专利和创意设计,著作权和软件,商标,商号,商业外观, 荣誉,专有知识(包括专有技术、客户信息、人力资源等)以及特许资源和特享政策等,提供着盈利来源或保障。其性质也是一种专有权,其主要部分是可通过法律确认和保护的知识产权。

无形资产往往直接或间接地依附在有形资产上,同时具有催化增值功能(即本身不因被使用而产生直接损耗),但其交易便捷、易于复制流失、并依赖于隐形积累的特性,因此需要特别的管理措施加以保护。无形资产管理所涉及的资产要素有专利与工业设计、专有知识(包括商业秘密)、特许资源(包括许可)与特享政策、商标、商号、商业外观、版权、软件、域名等;也涉及资产权利的形成、取得、以及维护各阶段。 Continue Reading 怎样维持健康的知识产权资产——知识产权审计和知识产权尽职调查的要点

By Gao Chunkai Tang Siyu King&Wood Mallesons’ Foreign Investment Group

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The China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) has released a new version of the “Rules for the Implementation of the Administrative Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Foreign-invested Banks” (“Implementing Rules”), which will take effect on 1 September 2015.

The new Implementing Rules will complement newly revised versions of the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on the Administration of Foreign-invested Banks and the CBRC’s Rules for the Implementation the Foreign-invested Bank Licensing System. (“Licensing Rules”).

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By Guo Sun Lee  Hayden Flinn, King & Wood Mallesons’ Hong Kong Office

lee_guosunOn 10 July 2015 the Hong Kong Legislative Council agreed to extend the existing profits tax exemption for offshore funds to PE funds. The new exemptions, set out in the Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill 2015 (the “Bill”), will come into effect shortly when the Bill is gazetted and will apply to transactions carried out after 1 April 2015.

The amendments, designed to address the concerns of offshore PE funds and promote Hong Kong’s status as an asset management hub, broaden the existing exemption to cover transactions in securities of certain private companies incorporated outside Hong Kong, to remove the requirement to transact through SFO licensed entities for ‘qualifying funds’ and to extend coverage to include special purpose vehicles. Continue Reading Amended profits tax exemption a welcome change for private equity funds

作者:李帼孙 范凯敦 金杜律师事务所香港办公室

lee_guosunflinn_h2015年7月10日,香港立法会同意把现时适用于离岸基金的利得税豁免延伸至私募基金。新豁免载于《2015年税务(修订)条例(草案)》(草案)中,将于草案刊登宪报后生效,并将适用于2015年4月1日后进行的交易。

为了打消离岸私募股权基金的顾虑,提升香港作为资产管理中心的地位,上述修订草案扩大了现有利得税的豁免范围,将香港境外成立的某些私人公司的证券交易纳入其中,对“适格基金”取消了通过证券及期货条例项下持牌主体进行交易的要求,并将适用范围扩大至特殊目的公司。

私募股权基金在现有豁免框架下面临的障碍

一般来说,根据香港《税务条例》,凡在香港境内开展证券处置业务的,如果该处置行为属于香港境内交易、业务或经营的一部分,一律对由此产生的利润予以征税。这可能导致在港经营的离岸基金须缴纳利得税。 Continue Reading 香港利得税豁免新政惠及私募股权基金

作者:吴青 徐念若 金杜律师事务所公司并购

吴青2015年6月1日,最高人民法院发布了《最高人民法院关于审理环境侵权责任纠纷案件适用法律若干问题的解释》(以下简称“司法解释”)。该司法解释明确了既适用于环境公益诉讼案件也适用于私益诉讼案件;明确了数人分别或者共同排污时,污染者对内对外的责任承担方式;明确了因第三人的过错污染环境造成损害的,第三人和污染者的诉讼地位和责任承担,并明确了环境侵权责任纠纷案件的归责原则为“无过错原则”。

“无过错原则”的确定使污染者和被侵权人责任界限更加明晰,对统一环境侵权责任纠纷案件的裁判标准、进一步加强环境侵权责任纠纷案件的审理具有重要意义。 Continue Reading 达标排污能否免责?

By Fernando Badenes, King & Wood Mallesons’ Madrid Office

The last step of the reform of the electricity sector carried out by the Spanish Government has been the final straw. That step was the enactment of a Ministerial Order that has set the parameters of remuneration for different renewable energy technologies. This regulatory change supposes the retrenchment of the profitability that the Spanish state had promised and stimulated and which had been the reason for fresh private equity funds in the sector. This change of regime was initiated some years ago by the Spanish Government with the aim of reducing the tariff deficit of the system and has triggered foreign alarms to investors who had invested in the renewal energy sector relying on the Government’s promises on keeping premium fees throughout the lifetime of the plants. These investors have now initiated arbitration proceedings under the protection of the Energy Charter Treaty (“ECT”) to claim from the Spanish State fees lost as a result of this change of regulation. Continue Reading Energy Charter Treaty: The umbrella for international arbitration against Spanish energy renewal

作者:Fernando Badenes 金杜律师事务所马德里办公室

西班牙政府对电力行业改革实施的最后举措成为了“最终一击”。政府制定了行政命令,并在命令中规定了不同可再生能源技术的补贴参数。此次监管变革预示着西班牙政府曾经承诺并鼓励的盈利能力将有所减退,并导致该行业出现新的私募股权基金。西班牙政府数年前发起了该项制度变革,旨在降低这一制度的关税赤字,对于依赖政府做出的在工厂运转期间保持溢价收费不变的承诺,并已投资可再生能源行业的投资者来说,这一变革也引起了他们的恐慌。这些投资者目前已经根据《能源宪政条约》(“ECT”)的保护提起了仲裁程序,以向西班牙政府主张由于监管变革而损失的费用。 Continue Reading 《能源宪章条约》:国际仲裁用以对抗西班牙能源革新的保护伞

作者:张帆 李文杰 金杜律师事务所争议解决

2012年新修订的《民事诉讼法》增设了第三人撤销之诉制度。经过历次民事诉讼法的修订,目前,我国案外第三人权益保护的救济手段主要有以下三种:案外人申请再审、第三人撤销之诉以及案外人执行异议之诉。上述三项制度的并存曾经形成了法律适用上的紧张格局,在适用对象和程序救济功能方面存在很大程度的重合,同时又缺乏必要的冲突规则,在实践中产生了不少问题,甚至有学者建议,废止案外人申请再审程序。2015年发布的《最高人民法院关于适用〈中华人民共和国民事诉讼法〉的解释》(以下简称《司法解释》),进一步对案外人权益保护的三项制度作出规定,厘清了不同程序之间的梯次。本文将对案外人合法权利受损时如何实现其权利救济,以及民事诉讼中案外人申请再审与第三人撤销之诉、执行异议之诉的界限和分工作进一步的阐述。  Continue Reading 案外第三人权利救济程序的适用

By Yin Juquan and Pan Faluan, King & Wood Mallesons’ Labor Group

yin_juquanAfter an employee has been illegally terminated, a court or arbitrator may order their employer to reinstate them and compensate them for lost wages. How will the amount of lost wages be calculated, given that the employee was not actually working for the employer during the relevant time period?

We will give a brief introduction to this topic through a review and analysis of Judgment no. 11644, (2014), Civil Tribunal, Beijing Second Intermediate People’s Court.

1. Summary of the Case

Employee A joined Company B on July 11, 2011. The labor contract between the two parties stated that A would be paid a monthly base salary of RMB 12,100 and a monthly performance bonus of RMB 9,900 (in the PRC, performance bonuses are generally fixed sums). As of January 2012, the base salary and performance bonus had been adjusted to RMB 14,520 and RMB 11,880 respectively (26,400 RMB in total). Company B terminated its labor contract with A on July 30, 2012. Continue Reading Once a Labor Contract Has Been Illegally Terminated, How Will A Court Calculate Lost Wages?